I intend to clear the smoke & smash the mirrors to reveal the TRUE Los Angeles! As a nineteen year resident - & having grown up in its antithesis - I am just the person to do it...

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Long Beach Antique Market - Long Beach, CA

Every third Sunday of the month the cool hunters of LA flock to the Long Beach Antique Market at Veterans Stadium in search of treasure. Last Sunday my mother, sister and I joined the hundreds of designers, collectors and hipsters (oh, and 'regular people') in a quest for something unique.

my mother made a bee-line towards this cape!

There is nothing I enjoy more than being overwhelmed by "stuff" everywhere I look! Why is it so fun to lug heavy bags filled with new things I don't have room for, while my feet and back ache?

1) Everything Looks Better In Groups:

blankets

necklaces

antlers

Tupperware

beads

lights

pottery

2) The Oddities:

dolls

body parts

"sculpture"

dolls on Elvis-style furniture

3) Stylish People:

cowhide backpack

parasol

double mustache

futuristic wedgies

"Rosie The Riveter"-style headscarf

modern-day Southwest Cowboy/Cowgirl

messenger bags

orange hair

Countryfied Urbanites

my sister

Really regretting not taking the photo of Diane Keaton in her Annie Hall Time Travel outfit... Unfortunately I only enjoy imposing on non-celebrities!

I know this post has been a long time coming but I hope some of these images provided a little inspiration for the day! I promise to do a better job balancing work/life/pilates in the future so we can keep in touch...

For posts on vintage hunting around the city check out this post, this, and this post.

Looks like so much fun! (Those old lights, awesome.) We have the "rastro" here in Madrid, which in theory is like that, but it's really like that market's sadder poorer cousin, ha ha... Still, I do love to go and wander around, great way to spend a sunday morning. Thanks for stopping by and commenting,

About Me

It's my intention to expose the world to the real LA - not the one known through the media - through my blog. It's another form of expression, a means to purge obsessions, an opportunity to share a point of view. My interests revolve around art, fashion, collecting, eating/cooking, decorating, drawing/painting, shopping, music - the blog encompasses all of these things in the context of LA.